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Columbia Sentinel. ——y —— - .i " ' u - PUBLISHED EV EUY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY AT HAIILEM, OEOHOIA. ENTKBED AH SEOOND-CIASH MATTEB AT THE POST OFFICE IN HAIILEM. GA. CITY AND COUNTY DIRECTORY CITY COUNCIL. J. W. BELL, Mayor. J. C CUBBY. ILA. COOK. W. E. HATCHER. J. L. HUBBEY. COUNTY OFFICEBH. G.D.DABHEY, Or<lin»ry. <l. M. OLIVE, Clerk and Troanurer. I, L. MAIIBUDEB. Hirer iff. O. HARPY, Tax Collector. .LA. GREEN, Tax Receiver. W. H. HALL, Coroner. 11. 11. HATCHER, Surveyor. MASONIC. Harlem Lodge,No. 270 F. A. M.,mects3d and itbHatardaya. CHUItCHEH. Baniial Uervlcea 4th Sunday, Or. E. R. Care well Hnnday Benool every Snnday. HiiperitD tendent—Rev.J. W. Ellington: MoUiodiat Every 3rd Sunday. Rev. IV. E. Hhaeklefoyd, paator. Sabbath School every Sunday, 11. A Merry, Hnpt. MaglatratC’BCourt. 12Htl» District, O. M., 4th Saturday. Return day 14 daya before. W. B. Roebuck, J. P. “The recent attempt made by some French aeronauts to reach a great height above the earth has not been productive of any paaticular scientific results,” says the Ismdon fiprttator. “The balloon in which the ascent was made reached an altitude of over 20,000 feet without the occupants of the car experiencing nny ill effects, except a tendency to faintness on the part of one of them. When about twelve years ago a similar attempt was made, and the height of 20,000 feet was reached, it was witff fatal results to three out of the t i.r aeronauts. The success of the present experiment is explained by the allegation that the difficulties due to the rarefaction of the atmosphere only begin nt an altitude of 23,000 or 21,000 feet. This view seems supported by the fact that in the Himalayas and the Andes heights of about 20,000 feet lave been on several occasions reached without any inconvenience. In such cases, however, the ascent has always been gradual. The ill effects experienced in balloons are possibly due to the sud denness of the change.” The case of James Cline, a young burglar who was shot in the head re cently in New York, who was taken to n hospital, lias become interesting to the doctors. When lie was taken to the hospital his whole right side was para lyzed. The paralysis first disappeared from tho face. It was thought that he could not live, but in hope of saving his life the operation of trephining was per formed. Throe torn arteries in the brain wore tied up, but the bullet which had entered the left side of the head near the top, could not be found without en dangering the patient's life. After the operation tho paralysis seemed to leave tho right leg, l>ut soon returned. Now lie is gradually regaining control of his leg and arm. It was found that the power of speech had also left him. Thia is attributed to the fact that that part of Hie brain which usually appears to con trol the vocal organs was entirely blown away or badly lacerated. Cline, the doctors say, will remain speechless until some other part of the brain learns to perform the function of tho destroyed portion. Reviewing the year since the earth quake, the Charleston (8. C.) Arir* says: “ Between ,I,oooand (1,000 buildings, ex elusive of churches and public buildings have been overhauled and restored to their condition before tho earthquake, or put in liettcr condition than before. 1\ ithout reference to this large number, however, 141 buildings have been re modeled, or rebuilt, nt a cost of over $lll,OOO, merely for improvement's sake. New buildings of every kind, many of them of handsome appearance, have been erected to meet the growing demand for residence* and places of business. The number of these new structures reported to the City Assessor since September 1, 1886, is 271, ami tho reported cost ol their construction, which is always below the real cost, is *450,775. Os the total amount contributed for the relief of suf ferers by the earthquake, over *600,000 lias been applied to tho repair of 2,200 houses, mostly the homes of very poor ]XX>plo. Besides this large sum, the property owners of Charleston have ex pended for repairs alone about *1,500,000. two of their iiumbei having expended *150,000 between them, as shown by the Asses-or’s books. Altogether, not less than *3,500,000 it is estimated have been absorbed in the work of restoration and improvement of the city in tho space of the twelve months ending to day, and the evidences that it has been used to good purposes are as numerous and plain on every hand as were the tokens of in jury a year ago.” Gladstone on Advertising. Hon. William Ewart Gladstone says: ‘‘There is an nlisolute necessity for ad vertising; there is a great eagerness to competefor attention, and no one gets it unless it is by giving, as it were, so many strokes of the hammer, one after the other, to compel people to n >tice what is going oi. The cotton crop of Georgia, this yeai, is expected to by this largest ever grown in the State, ENTKBED AS THE OVERLAND EXPRESS REMINISCENCES OF AN OLD WEST ERN PONY RIDER. Experiences in Carrying Treas ure Across Ihe Plains Before the Era of tile Railroad. “It is just twenty-nine years since I first crossed the Itockics,'' said 11. C. Page, of Tacoma, Washington Territory, “and I hardly know what Eastern life is.” Mr. Page was the most distinguished and daring rider of the once-fatnous pony express riders, and for years had the general supervision of Washington Terri tory, Idaho and Oregon for Wells, Fargo A Co., and the stories he tells of his hairbreadth escapes and adventures while carrying gold across the plains would make ones hair stand on end. To a Minneapolis Tribune reporter he con descended to relate a few of his ad ventures. “But there Is a mighty change,” he said, “in that Western country now from what it was when I was out there in 1859. In the fall of 1863 I began car rying express from Kansas City to Silver City, a distance of 550 miles, and it was a terrible dreary ride, with only an oc casional settler fifty or a hundred miles apart. It was just in the times of the Indian troubles down there, and the red skins were everywhere. We couldn’t ride twenty-five miles without encoun tering a few of the pesky things, and to find a messenger murdered, and his scalp taken and pack yd, was an everyday occurrence. “ In the fall of 1866 I left Dallas in company with a stage-driver named Wheeler—by the way, a wagon-road had been completed at that time and a line of stages was running across the plains— and started out on my usual trip. About 100 miles from Dallas, while riding along mid swapping stories, we heard a pistol shot in the rear, ami before we could move a hand or foot we w ere surrounded by a yelling and hooting crowd of In dians. There were eighteen in all, and the noise they made would makca person think that bedlam had broken loose. The only weapons I had were a pistol and shot-gun, I having unfortunately left my rifle at Dallas; and, if I remember rightly, I think Wheeler hud nothing but a revolver with him. But, knowing that instant action was the only thing that would save us, I jumped oil the stage and fired into them, first emptying my shotgun and then my pistol. Three of them dropped, and the rest ran back, while we lashed our horses to a gallop. We hadn't gone but a quarter of a mile, however, before the whole pack was again at our heels. Halt ing our horses, 1 left Wheeler to hold them and shoot the best ho could, while I jumped off again, and as good luck would have it, routed them. But while we were trying to drive them off again, Wheeler received a shot in the mouth, carrying away a portion of his upper jaw. Seeing that we could no longer keep on the stage and live, we both jumped astride the horses, after cutting them loose, and dashed off as fast as we could go down the lavine. Wheeler was suffer ing terribly, and could hardly sit on his horse, but he hung on like a major. “In going down the gulch five more Indians rushed out upon us and fired away, one shot striking my horse in the leg, laming him; and to make matters worse, he slipped and fell, throwing me headlong on the rocks below. The horse then ran away, ami with the Indians after us, Wheeler wounded, and only one horse for the tw o of us, we were in a desperate situation, and I began to grow disheartened and thought that my time luid surely come. Well, to make a long story short. I finally managed to get on to Wheeler’s horse, and we managed to get to Alkali Flat, where we got a doctor to fix Wheeler’s wound. I then went back after the letter pouch that had been left in the stage, mid went to Kansas City. Wheeler got well again, ami is now a wealthy ranchman in Oregon. “I have been extremely lucky, myself, and in all the troubles ami adventures that 1 have gone through 1 have only been wounded once, and that was in the arm, when I was shot while attempting to capture some stage robbers near Fish Springs. In 1868 I experienced my first stage robbery, while going from Boise City to Vmatilla, along the Blue Mound range. We had about *13,000 worth of gold dust with us, and, of course, we had to lie careful on account of the numerous highwaymen, and we took every precau tion in the way of amis, and so forth. But it seemed we were fated to be 'held up' anyway. While rounding a rocky point, three men jumped to the horses’ heads, one held a pistol to the drivel's hi ad, and three others proceeded to re lieve me of all my treasure. We were taken so suddenly that we could nt help ourselves, and the only thing that we could do was to return home and report the loss. The robbers were all caught, however, with nearly all the gold, and each one got from five to ten years in the penitentiary. After getting out, one of them was hung for murder, in Idaho, and the others were shot in Arizona. “Ah, yes," sighed Mr. Page, “those were the days when n man thought no more of riding horseback a distance of a hundred miles than he would now of going on the train the same distance. Why, 1 myself rode from Kansas City to Dallas, a distance of 195 miles, in twenty-eight hours, carrying 125 pounds of treasure with me. Os course I changed horses every twenty-five miles, because if I hadn't one horse wouldn't have lasted very long. Before the stage route was laid through that Western country, one messenger would pass over the route every three days. You see, they had about sixty riders in the saddle all the time over one route, and so arranged that a messenger would pass over just so often. Each one carried about four hun dred pounds of gold dust, which went about *2OO to the pound of twelve ounces. Later on, when the country was more settled, some ranchmen along the road used to take care of the extra horses, so that the messenger cohl change and get fresh ones, but before that each man had to take six or seven horses w ith him and change as lie went along. Eversince 1880 4 have been mining in Oregon and Washington Territory, but I have given that up now and am going to engage in some sort of iu Tacoma." The truly good man is he who does not lose his child heart.—Afeaicw. NEWS NOTES FOR WOMEN. There are said to lie 97,158 widows in Ma s.sachusctts. It takes *28,000,000 to keep our ladies in silks every year. Pink and golden brown, black and yellow are fashionable combinations. Queen Victoria is writing another book, but what about nobody knows. Black erenadine, bunting and etamine arc worn iu black or after crape is laid aside. Beaded lace and silk cord gimp an used in the same profusion as passemen terie is. Lavender and pearl undressed kii, gloves arc vicing with the tan shade in popularity. A line of pique ribbon is still the sty- I lish finish for a dressy gown in both -wk and sleeves. Gold or steel beaded panels, vests, cn'.ls and collars arc worn on plush, velvet or silk costumes. Tea cloths have a handsome edge ol wide marquise, as also have bed spreads and pillow shams. The rage for bouffant skirts is in no way lessened, and the skirts are more nu merous than ever. Gray ginghamsare trimmed with white I embroidery anil worn in the house for second mourning. Sleeves that arc puffed at the top and fit closely to the lower part of the arm have caught the fancy of most ladies. Miss Olivia Cobb, who is just out of | her teens, is the belle of Athens, Ga., and has already refused thirty offers of marriage. Mahogany and the various Florentine reds will be the favorite shades for street wear in the winter. They are certainly warm looking. Mme. Emile Flygaro-Cartin, the Swe dish novelist, is more than eighty years old, and is about to publish an extensive autobiography. Full vests arc worn with rovers, collars and cuffs of border goods, embroidery or the portions that conic for this purpo'c with robe dresses. Draped and folded vests remain a feature in most fall and winter gowns. Hepped silk, Bengaline, and velvet will be used for them. Dressmakers who pleat and gather a quantity of stuff about the dress wearer’s figure are not following the best models. Simplicity will rule. Mrs. Edith Kingdon Gould cut up a *IO,OOO point d'Alencon flounce, that once belonged to the Empress Eugenic, to trim her baby’s clothes. Headings should be of the same tone as the foundation, and the beads must be so liberally used that but very little of the foundation can be seer. Plush and tinsel stripes are on gauze ribbons, moire lias a satin back and picot edged velvet ribbons are in all of the new evening shades for party toilets. Annie Mercer, of Missaukee County, Mich., promises to become a giantess. She is only in her twelfth year, and yet she is a trifle over six feet in stature. Miss Bc'lc Gentle astonished the volun teers nt Kincraig, Fifeshire, Scotland, by her wonderful skill with tire rifle. She shot in ten contests and won eight first prizes. Narrow bands of black velvet arc seen on the sleeves of white and cream col ored dresses. They are placed a little below the pullings, and add much to the appearance of the garments. There is a mistaken notion that ladies in mourning inu-t use a white hand kerchief with a black border. A white cambric one is quite as appropriate and in accordance with the demands which fashion makes. The long straight polonaises, which will be made of heavy materials for winter wear, should not be caught up in the hips, but be cut in fiat pleats behind, sloping away at the sides to disclose the skirt beneath, which will be entirely concealed elsewhere. There are more simple models for even ing costumes than ever. The picturesque is more sought than last season, and the models this season embody designs taken from Louis IV.’s reign. The col ors also in evening fabrics are reproduc tions of the same epoch. “l inking” will come in again with a grand rush. It will be applied to a variety of materials and all sorts of gar ments. Silk and woolen gowns, under skats, morning dresses, breakfast jack ets, will be uceoratcd with flounces, frills, and ruchings of the material, pi tike I out. sometimes pleated, but more often very lightly gathered. In tailor-ma le gowns smooth surfaced cloths will still be used for dressy suits, two markedly contrasting colors in one costume, the lighter color for lower skirt and vest, the darker for the basque and drapery. Thus serpent green over gray, and dark blue over tobacco brown. Jacket in the darker color. Small man tles and shoulder capes of the two colors in combination. Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Merrill, of Oak land, 111., celebrated their diamond wed ding recently. He is ninety-seven years old and his wife eighty-nine, having been only fourteen years old when she was married seventy-five years ago. They have fifteen children living, ninety-four grand children and thirty live great grand-children. All were present at the diamond wedding feast. The Chinese Thanksgiving. In the Chinese list of holidays the 15th day of the eighth moon is set down as the Feast of the Harvest Moon. It corresponds to the American Thanks giving Day. Coming after the rice crop is harvested, it is appointed as the day upon whi h all devout Chinese should return thanks to Joss for his goodness and mercy a id ask for a continuance of his favor during the coming year. All Chinesearc expected on that day to feast upon whatever good things the market and their purses afford. Ambition. Sai l tho crow to the hawk, as they rested on a tree. "If I could flv like you. Id live as hippy as < oul.l be." “No indeed’ ’ sighed the hawk, as he upwarv turned his eye; “For still you'd see the eagle soar where yot . could never fly.” —Harper's Young Feoylc. DODGE’S C. C. C. C- Certain Chicken Cholera Cure. Eight yearn of careful experiment and pains taking research have resulted in the discovery of an infallible specific for the cure and pre vention of that most fatal a:id dreaded enemy of the feathered tribe-Cholera. After the fullest and fairest teste possible, iu which every claim for the remedy was fullv substantiated, the rcmoflj was placed upon the market, aud everywhere a single trial has been all that waa required to prove it a complete success. Ido directions f<»r its use are plain and simple, and the cost of the remedy so small that the saving of a single fowl will repay the expense Its effect is almost magical. If the remedy i« given as directed, the course of the disease is stopped at once. Given occasionally as a pre 'cntive, there need be no fear oi Cholera, which annually kills more fowls than all other disease's combined. It is true to name, a Cer tain Cure for Chicken Cholera, No poultry raiser or farmer can afford to be without it It wilUlo all that is claimed for it. Head the fol lowing testimonial : STATE OF GEORGIA, Department of Agriculture. Atlanta, Ga.. March 19, 1887 To the Public : The high character of tho testimonials produced by Mr. Dodge, together with his well known reputation for truth and veracity, afford couvinciuK evidence of tbo high value of the Chicken Cholera Cure Jie is now offering upon the market. It I were en gaged in the business, I would procure a bot tle of bin medicine, little doubting the success that would attend its administration. Yotirs truly, J.T. HENDERSON, Com’r of Agriculture. Price 25c. Per Package, Manufactured Exclusively by DO DCS No. 62 Frazier Street, - - - - Atlanta,\pa For Sale by all Druggie*. SINGLE PACKAGE BY MAIL 30 CENTS Also breeder of the best variety of thorough bred Chickens, of which the following are tho names anil prices of eggs for setting. Chickens in trios and breeding pens for sale after Sep tember Ist, 1887: Langshans42.oo per setting of 13. Plymouth Rocks 2.00 per settiffg of 13. White Face Black Spanish 2.00 per setting of 13. Houdans 2.00 per setting of 18. Wyandotte 2.00 per setting of 13. Silver 8. Hamburgs.... 2.00 per setting of 13. Amer’n Dominique 2.00 per setting of 18. White Leghorns 1.50 per setting of 13. Black Leghorns 1.50 per setting of 13. Brown Leghornsl.so per setting of 13. Game 3-00 P er setting of 13. C. C. C. C. for sale by G. M. Reed, Harlem, Ga , and W. J Heggie, Grovetown, Ga. L.-B. S, M, H, THE CHEAT pianowrgan DEPOT OF THE SOUTH .. w . wr ins ww i -tpM oosis o f ooet!osst 'oies ‘osis ‘sound SEEING Kb believing. Behold us uwe are. Immense! Bo it is, and all Used In our oWn Music and Art b‘n*th. nt .3.‘oi PIANOS AND ORGANS SSO-awE io* don't even wilt ue one bit. (ar* See our GRAND SUMMER SALE ssnswK.WiSrf ’jfiKf taint! Prioe* wty down. Terms easier th*h ever. PIANOS SB tot IO Monthly. ORGANS S 3 to SB Monthly. BETTER YET! m OUR an (I SPECIAL SPOT CASH PRICES, with credit until Nov. 1. No Monthly Pay ments. No Interest. Buy in June, July, August, or September, and pay when crops come in. Write for Circulars. REMEMBER Low,*t Prloa* known.* Easiest Terms possible. Finest Instruments Fine Stools and Covers. All Freight Paid. Fifteen Daye' Trial. Fun Guarantee. Square Dealing Always, >"4 „ . Money Saved. Write to LUDDEN & BATE SOUTHERN sHl’-c ROUSE. J4MKNAH. GA. Home Council V e take pleasure in calling your attention to a remedy so long needed in carrying children safely through the critical stage of teething. It is an incalculable blessing to mother and child. If you are disturbed at night with a sick, fretful, teething child, use Pitts’ Carminative, it will give instant relief, and regulate the bowels, and make teething safe and easy. It will cure Dysentery and Diarrhoea. Pitts Carminative is an instant relief foi colic of infants. It will promote di gestion, give tone and energy to the stomach and bowels. The sick, puny, suffering child will soon become the fat and frolicing joy of the household. It is very pleasant to the taste and only costs *25 cents ]er bottle. Sold by druggists. For sale at Holliday’s Drug Store and Peeples Drug Store,Harlem,Ga., and by W J. Heggie, of Grovetown. W. I. DELPH, ? .it 831 Broad Street, AOGMJSTA, - - - GEORGIA. 3 car toads’OOOKING and HEATING STOVES. 1 oar load of GRATES, Plain and Enameled-13, 14,15,16,17, 18,19 and 20 inches 150 boxes ROOFING TIN, 20x28 standard brands. 5,000 FIRE BRICK. 15 bbls. FIBE CLAY. 200 Joints Terra Cotta Pipe, 500 Sets of GRATE BRICK, 1,000 pounds No. SOLDER. 500 pounds half and half SOLDER. 100,bundles SHEET IRON. due*carload Tin Ware, Pressed and Pieced. Buckets. *Cupm, Dish Pans, Wash Pans, Milk Pans, Milk Buckets. Strainers, Oil Cans Coffee Pats, Pie Plates, Measures and Funnels, Woodenware in great variety Has beenasold for the past fifteen years giving satisfaction. Twenty different sizes. The New Excelsior tie very handsomely finished. We have a few Portable and Stationary Range#- Kt t l | and Iron. Call dr send your orders to 831 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga. - W, I. Delph: COTTON FACTORS AND COMPRESSORS, AUGUSTA, GA. Warehouse and Compress occupying block bounded by Washington,Twiggs Calhoun and Taylor streets, and connected with all the rail roads center ing here by double tracks extending into our yards. Moderate Charges. Drayage Saved. Consignments Solicited- Liberal Advances Made on Consignments- OFFICE =739 REYNOLDS ST., Rooms for Several Years Occupied by Auflusta Cotton Exchange. E. Ti. SCHZTTKIIDJEJR, IMPORTER, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN Fine Wines, Cigars, Brandies, Tobacco, Mineral Waters, Whiskies, Gin, Porter, Ale, Etc. Agent for Veuve Cliquot, Ponsardin, Urbana Wine Company, Anheuser-Busch’Brewing Association. 601 and 802 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GA. AT J. K. SiZABXX’Si Call and examine my Stock before making purchases. Jo BWOiLL, Cotton Factor and Commission Merchant, CONTINUES BUSINESS AS HERETOFORE AT FIRE-PROOFbWAREHOUSE, No. 19 Mclntosh Street, Augusta, Ga. fifcS“Strict attention to all ConsignmeLts and prompt Remittances. w. s. jessup. (Sign Red Front.) GEO - K - JESsnp WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN Stoves and Ranges, Fireplace Heaters Furnaces, Tinware and Hcuse-Furnishing Goods. Sole agents for the Cel ebrated “Favorite” Cook Stoves, conceded by all to be the best Stove ever made. Roofing, Guttering, Spouting and Repairing done in the best man ner by the best mechanics. CURRY * CO., Cotton Factors and Commission Merchants, 105 M’TIVIOSLL St-. (Cor. Reynolds) Save money’ by sending your Cotton to ns. Commission 50c per bale. Insurance 10c. per bale. No other charge when left for immediate sale. Consignments Solicited. Liberal Advances made on Consignments. JNO. U. MEYER, who has had several years experience, will have charge of the Sales. Hoping to have a share of your business, W’e remain, yours respectfully, CUJtRY Ac CO. Pure and Fresh Candies. WE are making up eur Fall Stock of CANDIES and can assure our customers that nil <”n goods are lItESII AND PURE, having none but the best. We manufacture our good? and know what we.are selling. We are expecting a large trade and shall be pleased to etc aJ our old customers-and many new ones. Headquarters for Stick Gandy, Fruits, IVuts, Etc. DENNING & CO. owiibb mm pmi JA Having secured the Agency for the celebrated Maßiumham Water Wheel Georgia and South Carolina, I am preparedjb offer inducements to parties wishing to put in wAjfr wheels. am also prepared to do any kind of Mill Work.wew or re- Correspondence solicited. AS r. LSMBA«». ADGCBTA, riROROH •<pba 00SS SIS ‘SOS ‘OSS ‘tZV’SNVOHO 3